Re:Google can't search anymore
by timgws on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @03:56AM
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A quick Google search shows that most commercial usenet providers do not have more then 3000 days worth of text retention. (ie, you can get a little more then 8 years worth of history).
So, unless someone out there has terabytes worth of text storage from way back when (which is one reason why Google bought Deja News in the first place), I don't think it will be possible to get all that history.
* Altopia has 499 days of text retention (https://www.altopia.com/retention/retention.html)
* NewsDaemon has 720 days of text retention (http://www.newsdemon.com/newsgroup-retention.php)
* Giganews has ~ 960 days of text retention (http://www.giganews.com/news/article/retention_grows.html)
So, unless someone out there has terabytes worth of text storage from way back when (which is one reason why Google bought Deja News in the first place), I don't think it will be possible to get all that history.